Burden of tuberculosis at post mortem in inpatients at a tertiary referral centre in sub-Saharan Africa: A prospective descriptive autopsy study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 544-551

  Bates, Matthew ^a,b   Mudenda, Victor ^c   Shibemba, Aaron ^c   Kaluwaji, Jonas ^b   Tembo, John ^b   Kabwe, Mwila ^b   Chimoga, Charles ^b   Chilukutu, Lophina ^b   Chilufya, Moses ^b   Kapata, Nathan ^d   Hoelscher, Michael ^e   Maeurer, Markus ^f   Mwaba, Peter ^b   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a,b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^d Ministry of Community Development   (Zambia)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f University College London Hospitals ^*  (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ZAMBIA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; AUTOPSY; COINFECTION; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84928208675     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70058-7     Document Type: Article

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